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UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY :
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Mellman: Koch Brothers' Ads Shameful
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Mellman: Koch Brothers' Ads Shameful
By Mark S. Mellman
02/25/14 06:56 PM EST
The Hill
http://thehill.com/opinion/mark-mellman/
199255-mark-s-mellman-koch-brothers-ads-shameful
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/n69tm5e
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Lets set aside for a moment whether the billionaire Koch brothers have the
right to run a flurry of dishonest ads about ObamaCare and ask instead
whether spending millions of dollars to mislead and even lie to the
American people is the right thing to do.
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There is no legitimate debate about the integrity of the ads. In
Louisiana, the Kochs political front group placed an ad that, to all
appearances, features a group of Louisianans opening letters from
insurance companies informing them about problems they face as a result of
the Affordable Care Act.
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Except that, as ABC News has documented, the individuals in their ad are
not Louisianans. They are paid actors who are not reading actual letters
sent by any real insurance company.
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In other words, nothing about the ad is true.
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The response from the brothers organization: The viewing public is savvy
enough to distinguish between someone giving a personal story and
something that is emblematic.
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Were this an ad for Stainmaster carpet, a Koch product, Federal Trade
Commission guidelines would require the ad to conspicuously disclose that
the persons in such advertisements are not actual consumers. Moreover, the
FTC would require them to either demonstrate that these results of
ObamaCare are typical or make clear in the ad that they are not.
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Needless to say, the ad meets none of these requirements, thereby
conforming to the legal definition of false advertising.
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Not all Koch ads feature actors. Even those with real people, though, are
not necessarily factual. Witness the attack on Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.)
in a Koch-funded ad featuring a Michigan leukemia patient.
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Everyone sympathizes with her struggle, as well they should. But neither
her bravery nor her suffering makes the words she utters true. They arent.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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